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The oldest part of Bürresheim Castle is the imposing keep, a 12th-century tower that clearly reflects the castle's defensive origins. Over time, the castle developed into a complex double complex, consisting of the so-called Cologne Castle and the Trier Castle, which underwent different construction and expansion phases. While the Cologne Castle formed the older part and primarily served economic purposes—leading to its eventual decline—the Trier Castle was transformed into a prestigious residential palace, which continues to shape the character of the entire complex to this day.

Once a place of pilgrimage - today it is an enchanted place

The late Gothic castle was besieged, destroyed, and rebuilt several times over the course of its eventful history. The current complex consists of the upper castle with the 34-meter-high Golo Tower and the slightly lower outer castle. The castle is protected from the city by a large castle gate, and on the other side by the keep and a moat complex. The former moat is now a ring road spanned by a 20-meter-long Gothic stone bridge. The Genovevaburg Castle houses two exhibitions of the Eifel Museum: EifelTotal and the German Slate Mine.

The castle belongs to the municipality of Sankt Johann in Rhineland-Palatinate and is located northwest of Mayen on a rocky outcrop at the confluence of the Nitzbach and Nette rivers. Along with Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle, Bürresheim Castle is one of the few aristocratic residences in the Eifel region that was never conquered or destroyed, surviving unscathed both the wars of the 17th and 18th centuries and the social upheavals resulting from the French Revolution. Its history was largely shaped by its location on the border between the two ecclesiastical electorates of Cologne and Trier.

A beautiful castle in the Eifel. "It suddenly grows out of the ground, unsuspecting." Why here? And why is it so well preserved? My curiosity is growing. Ah, guided tours are offered. I definitely have to go there soon, but first I'll keep cycling.

Almost every castle had its own herbal garden in which vegetables, medicinal, herbal and poisonous plants were grown. By decree of Charlemagne, regulations were issued to ensure the supply of the court and the country, to operate three-field farming, to grow fruit and wine, to breed domestic animals, to plant useful and medicinal plants and trees.

Bürresheim Palace was built as a castle in the 12th century and was first mentioned in a document in 1157 together with its then owners, the free noblemen Eberhard and Mettfried "de Burchenesem". Schloss Bürresheim is a castle in the Eifel region that dates back to the High Middle Ages and was converted into a representative residential complex in the Baroque period. Along with Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle, Bürresheim Castle is one of the few noble residences in the Eifel that were never conquered or destroyed. The castle was used as a film set for the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery.

The Genovevaburg, built in the 13th century, is the symbol of Mayen. Source: https://www.mayen.de/kultur-tourismus/machen/